Do not show the 'new application installed' notification

Policy ID
NoNewAppAlert
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › File Explorer

Description

This policy removes the end-user notification for new application associations. These associations are based on file types (e.g. *.txt) or protocols (e.g. http:)

If this group policy is enabled, no notifications will be shown. If the group policy is not configured or disabled, notifications will be shown to the end user if a new application has been installed that can handle the file type or protocol association that was invoked.

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • NoNewAppAlertREG_DWORD

Other policies in the same category

View all policies in this category (23)